Sometimes we need to think of what our biological clock is
telling us physically and mentally. We think that we have progressed, evolved
however physically that is not true we are still inhabiting the same bodies as
our ancestors but we are not as fit and we are not strong as they were.
In the past people
would have by the age of 20 been parents by the age of 40 being grandparents by
the age of 60 great-grandparents. Even by the age of forty we would be relying more on our wisdom than on our physicality. does this mean that our learning of information and skills is better earlier and that age brings with it a depth of understanding not available to the young? maybe it does, maybe it means that the learning of something like a musical instrument and its physical skills happen easier then but that age brings with it the ability to speak something deep with it.
If we take that idea and move it into the world of work and todays obsession with technology does that mean that someone of twenty can run rings around someone of forty in the world of technology? Yes it does and you can see it happen. The reason for saying this is that someone trained in a skill that is changing rapidly such as computing needs to update information may be on the scrapheap by the age of 35, but his wisdom and application may not be. So look at what is happening to everything going online and becoming more technical, the older ones in society are being left behind HOWEVER they have always been the holders of wisdom in human society apart from our youth addicted 'culture' and the ones who know things on a deeper level, so what does that say for the society that we are in?
If we take that idea and move it into the world of work and todays obsession with technology does that mean that someone of twenty can run rings around someone of forty in the world of technology? Yes it does and you can see it happen. The reason for saying this is that someone trained in a skill that is changing rapidly such as computing needs to update information may be on the scrapheap by the age of 35, but his wisdom and application may not be. So look at what is happening to everything going online and becoming more technical, the older ones in society are being left behind HOWEVER they have always been the holders of wisdom in human society apart from our youth addicted 'culture' and the ones who know things on a deeper level, so what does that say for the society that we are in?
So to music, the physical learning is better early in life but the depth comes later, so if you want to learn a skill in music making it in the early years is when to do it, then stick with what you know going deeper with age, retraining may well be a
mistake both in music and in life.
Vic
www.bluescampuk.co.uk
Vic
www.bluescampuk.co.uk
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